From the beginning the internet has offered many benefits. The fast access to information and knowledge is one of the great advantages offered by this tool of communication. With services such as messenger, emails, twitter and facebook which allows us to have contact with our family and friends by sharing letters, pictures and videos. But not everything is good in the internet, unfortunately these benefits lead to a major problem, the lack of privacy. Unfortunately many people make mistakes when they are surfing the red compromising their privacy, maybe because they don’t have knowledge or they don’t care.
For many years I have been explaining to my niece Tania what these errors are and how to avoid them and thus she can protect her privacy online, but like any teenager SHE DOESN’T LISTEN TO ME, and now with facebook is worse because each minute she puts information of what she is doing. That's why I'm writing because maybe I could find someone that is a good listener and takes into account these recommendations that I am going to say:
1) Please don’t use the same password in other programs and change it as much as often as possible. A bad example is to put your ID number as password (I know more than one is going to change his or her password today.)
2) Do not say personal information to strangers or if you believe that the network is not protected.
3) Use a browser that has the ability to detect and delete cookies.
4) For any reason don’t answer spam emails.
5) Use programs that help protect and store information on your computer.
6) Use encryption. This program helps you to encode the information sent by internet in order to protect your data. For example, you can use Pretty Good Privacy (PGP, available at: http://www.pgpi.org/) which is available online and is free.
Finally, I hope that the information I have just presented will be used in order to protect your privacy on the internet.
SOURCE
http://www.eff.org/wp/effs-top-12-ways-protect-your-online-privacy
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The problem is that it is so easy to inadvertently divulge personal information online. These are good guidelines, and your niece is lucky to have you! I am thinking that with the prevalence of people, younger and younger, using the internet, it's time to discuss these issues in school. It is likely that many parents don't understand the extent of their kids' internet use or the extent of the threats posed. Just like we had "don't talk to strangers" discussions, this should extend to the web.
ReplyDeleteIn some countries the main source for "pre- kidnapping" information is Facebook and Twitter, where a lot of pictures and status show social life style and wellness of people. In some extreme cases, companies recommend to its employees avoid the usage of fancy pictures and comments in these social networks, including employer name and managerial level
ReplyDeleteAll this kind of social media seems a harmless way to keep in contact with our families and friends, and to some extent they are". But putting so much private information, leave ourselves very much exposed to all types of offences, fraud, murder, kidnnapping and so on.
ReplyDeleteFor example, in facebook, people who are not your friends can have access to photographs an others and you will not even notice. Another example involves a murder in Australia. Be aware of how much you share on the internet, because the price could be so much costly.
Very good post! This information has been very useful for me. I use many of this sites and hadn't thought of protecting my information. Nowadays one can find many cases where people are affected by the lack of privacy. The efforts that websites are doing to enforce security are increasing due to this, and us users should take advantage of it. From now on I will practice your recommendations!
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